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Little Altars Everywhere QUOTES

Little Altars Everywhere QUOTES

1 " There is the truth of history, and there is the truth of what a person remembers. As {she} sat at the edge of {the lake}, memory blossoms floated unbounded, as though breathed, no words spoken. Like birds that fly across national borders, between countries at war at each other. "

― Rebecca Wells , Little Altars Everywhere

2 " Sidda can't help herself. She just loves books. Loves the way they feel, the way they smell, loves the black letters marching across the white pages... "

― Rebecca Wells , Little Altars Everywhere

3 " See, she goes places when she reads. I know all about that. When I'm reading, wherever I am, I'm always somewhere else. "

― Rebecca Wells , Little Altars Everywhere

4 " Good Lord didn't mean for us to hate ourself. He made us to love ourself like He do, with wide open arms. "

― Rebecca Wells , Little Altars Everywhere

5 " ...Don't ever worry bout bein holy, babychild. Just keep your eyes wide open except when you sleep. Then let the Lord's mighty vision see you through the night. "

― Rebecca Wells , Little Altars Everywhere

6 " Sometimes I wonder if any of us are cut out for the lives we lead. "

― Rebecca Wells , Little Altars Everywhere

7 " Sometimes you just have to reach out and grab what you want, even when they tell you not to. This is something that I've struggled with my whole life long. "

― Rebecca Wells , Little Altars Everywhere

8 " Listen to me, Siddalee, and listen good: There is no excuse to let your looks go, no matter how poor you are. Cleanliness is next to Godliness, but honey let me tell you, ugliness will get you nowhere. "

― Rebecca Wells , Little Altars Everywhere

9 " Zip it kiddo. Don't ever admit you know a thing about cooking or it'll be used against you later in life. "

― Rebecca Wells , Little Altars Everywhere

10 " Books are living things with blood and bones, and it breaks our heart when people dissect them. "

― Rebecca Wells , Little Altars Everywhere

11 " You cannot escape from life. Life is not a book. You can't just set it down on the coffee table and walk away from it when it gets boring or you get tired. "

― Rebecca Wells , Little Altars Everywhere

12 " Sidda can't help herself, She just loves books. Loves the way they feel, the way they smell, loves those black letters marching across the white pages. "

― Rebecca Wells , Little Altars Everywhere

13 " I shake so hard that freckles jump off my face. "

― Rebecca Wells , Little Altars Everywhere

14 " sadness usually does, as soon as I sat down and began to listen. The small press had a correspondingly "

― Rebecca Wells , Little Altars Everywhere

15 " hear anything about my lessons. When I try to show her Charlene’s numbers from The Pajama "

― Rebecca Wells , Little Altars Everywhere

16 " far as I knew. Never thought one way or the other when Mama used to take her “naps” in the middle of Christmas or Thanksgiving dinner. Never said to myself, Mama’s not napping, she’s passed-out drunk. Never even questioned "

― Rebecca Wells , Little Altars Everywhere

17 " Sometimes you just have to reach out and grab what you want, even when they tell you not to. "

― Rebecca Wells , Little Altars Everywhere

18 " When I'm reading, wherever I am, I'm always somewhere else. "

― Rebecca Wells , Little Altars Everywhere

19 " thinking: I don’t want my little girl to come out blind or gouged up. I’m not cheap, I’m scared. It’s the story of my life: not stingy, just a goddamn coward. "

― Rebecca Wells , Little Altars Everywhere

20 " to let anything connected with Charlene get criticized, so I said, Mama, you’re just jealous because you can’t dance like Charlene. Mama said, Shut your filthy mouth. Then I said, Shut your filthy mouth. "

― Rebecca Wells , Little Altars Everywhere